Blues

Black bottleneck guitar styles were probably initially inspired by lap-style Hawaiian slide guitar which enjoyed immense popularity shortly after it's inception in the mid-1890's. By 1903, it was already in vogue in Mississippi (and probably elsewhere).

Filmmaker Damien Blaylock and producer Roger Stolle explore the life and blues of Mississippi-born Big George Brock in the DVD Hard Times. From his days picking cotton to his nights sitting in with blues legends like Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf, Big...

Blues rock fans are going to love this "no frills" look at Savoy Brown up close, and personal, in a club setting. Kim Simmonds' blistering guitar work is backed up by his longtime band of Pat DeSalvo on bass and Garnet Grimm on drums. Watch and listen as...

Robert Mugge's 2003 music documentary, LAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI JUKES, explores the fading traditions of rural Mississippi juke joints. The blues was first played by itinerant musicians in juke joints on the edge of cotton plantations, later migrating...

A musical phenomenon... a guitar prodigy Paul Sexton, the Sunday Times After wowing audiences throughout the United States, Davy Knowles returned to the Isle of Man for an emotional homecoming show ? one of only two in the British Isles during 2009. This...

Grammy Award nominee and Blues Hall of Fame guitarist and singer/songwriter Joe Louis Walker and his band storm thru 10 smoking tracks live in concert at the Boulder Station Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. This stunning live performance is captured in all...

Filmed at the Melkweg in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Popovic, the native of Belgrade lives in Holland since several years. The refrain of her first song Don't Bear Down On Me can be taken straight away as the motto of the whole evening: "I'm Here To...

Live in Sweden 1987 Johnny Winter with Dr. John - Blues legend Johnny Winter is joined by the equally legendary Dr. John on Swedish TV, recorded in 1987. From the opening notes of Sound the Bell to the finale of a positively incendiary Jumpin Jack Flash,...

Muddy Waters was the father of the "Chicago blues sound." Songs: Blow Wind Blow, Country Boy, Got My Mojo Working, Baby Please Don't Go, plus lots more. Running Time: 55 Minutes (2000)

Mississippi artists offer some of the most exciting and forceful of all blues styles.

In their 1960s musical reunion here with Pete Seeger, Terry and McGhee perform a captivating mix of traditional blues and folk music. Also included is a 1960s performance featuring Mississippi John Hurt, Hedy West, and Paul Cadwell.

Son House and Bukka White were passionate purveyor of their native Mississippi delta music and slide guitar. Both were seminal figures in the strong influence Mississippi blues has had on this country. Songs: Death Letter Blues, John the Revelator,...